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^h. Diamond-Sack Terrapii 
and Shrimp Laws. 

i the State of Louisiana 







Board of Commissioners for the 

Protection of Birds, Game 

and Fish 

New Orleans 

1910 



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Fish, Diamond-Back Terrapin 



and Shrimp Laws. 



Of the State of Louisiana 



Lawj^sbsfcefa 




Board of Commissioners for the 

Protection of Birds, Game 

and Fish 

New Orleans 
1910 



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FISH L A W . 



:r no. 132. 

.'.-.e protection of fresh and salt water 
fish; to provide the manner in which 
- .1 fish may be canght; to fix the sea- 
sons in which they may be caught; 
to authorize the Board of Comm ts - 
ers for the Protection of Birds, Game 
and Fish, to issue license to fish; to 
build and conduct fish hatcheries and 
do all necessary work to conserve the 
fresh and salt water fish of the State, 
and to fix penalties for violations there- 
of. 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of 
Louisiana, That all fresh and salt 
water fish^found in the waters of the 
State shall be and are hereby declared 
to be the property of the State. Pro- 
vided, however, that fish artificially 
propagated and maintained shall be 
the property of the person, firm or 
corporation propagating and maintain- 
ing them. 

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Section 2. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That no person within the State 
of Louisiana shall catch, have in pos- 
session or attempt to catch or hold in 
po (session, living or dead, any fresh 
Of salt water fish, or purchase, or offer 
for sale any such fish after same has 
been caught, except as otherwise 
permitted. 

Section 3. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for any 
person engaged in commercial fishing, 
to set or draw a seine, hoop net, trot- 
line, bush-line, trow-line, or set-line 
in the bayous, lagoons, lakes, rivers, 
canals, or any other water in the 
State, except as provided herein. 

Section 4. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for any 
person, firm or corporation, resident 
or domiciled within the State, to set 
or draw, or attempt to set or draw any 
seine of two hundred (200) feet and 
upwards in length, in any waters of 
the State for the purpose of catching 
fresh or salt water fish, unless a 
license fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) 
for each seine and sail or row boat 
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operating said seine, has been paid 
thereon, and is at all times had in 
possession to be shown on demand of 
any warden or officer, and on all 
seines under two hundred (200) feet 
in length a license fee of twenty-five 
dollars ($25.00) shall be paid thereon. 
Said license to be issued by the Board 
of Commissioners for the Protection 
of Birds, Game and Fish, and the 
proceeds thereof to be turned into the 
State Treasury and placed to the 
credit of the said Board. 

The provisions of this Act shall 
not apply to the use of minnow seines 
or small shrimp seines for the sole 
and only purpose of catching min- 
nows or shrimp for bait. 

Section 5. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for any 
bona fide resident of the State to set 
or use for the purpose of catching fish 
for commercial purposes or attempt to 
set or use, any hoop net, trot-line, 
bush-line, trow-line, set-line, or any 
similar device, except a rod, hook and 
line, having not more than three 
hooks, or a hand line having not more 
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than three hooks or a trolling line with 
spoon hooks or other artificial bait 
attached thereto, in any of the waters 
of the State, unless the owner of said 
net or line has paid license for the 
use thereof, at the rates noted herein, 
said license to be issued by the Board 
of Commissioners for the Protection 
of Birds, Game and Fish, and the 
proceeds thereof to be turned into the 
State Treasury, and placed to the 
credit of said Board. 
For Fishing with hoop -nets $5.00 
For Fishing with trot-line $5.00 

For Fishing with bush, trow or 

set line $5. CO 

Section 6. Be it' further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for any 
person to set or draw any seine, 
hoop net, trot-line, bush-line, or set - 
line, for the purpose of catching any 
species of fresh water fish between 
the first day of April and the first day 
of June ; or for catching any species 
of salt water fish between the fifteenth 
day of May and the first day of 
August. 

Section 7. Be it further enacted, 
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etc., That it shall be unlawful for any 
person to sell, exchange, expose, of- 
fer for sale or exchange, or have in 
possession for sale, any black bass, 
commonly called green trout ; or 
white or yellow bass, commonly called 
striped bass or bar -fish; or crappie, 
commonly called sac-a-lait; or white 
perch, or any species of perch and 
sunfish, between the first day of 
March and the first day of June. 

Section 8. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for any 
person, firm or corporation, to sell, 
expose, offer for sale or exchange, 
have in possession for sale, or keep 
in cold storage, either for himself or 
others, any species of fresh or salt 
water fish, or any part thereof, in 
their fresh state, during the close sea- 
sons noted herein, irrespective of the 
time when or place where such fish 
may have been killed or caught. 

Provided that fish caught during the 
open season may be had in posses- 
sion for five (5) days after the end of 
the said open season. 

< Section 9. Be it further enacted, 
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•etc., That it shall be unlawful for'any 
person to catch or kill any black bass, 
commonly called green trout; white 
and yellow bass, commonly called 
striped bass and barfish; crappie, 
commonly called sac-a-lait, or any 
species of perch and sunfish, except 
by means of rod, hook and line, hav- 
ing not more than three hooks, or a 
hand -line having not more than three 
hooks, or a trolling-line with spoon- 
hooks, or other artificial bait attached 
thereto. Any bass shorter than four 
inches must not be had in possession. 
All bass under that size that may be 
caught in this manner must be imme- 
diately returned to the waters, and 
all bass, crappie, perch and sunfish 
caught in seines or hoop -nets must 
be immediately returned to the water, 
uninjured. 

Section 10. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for any 
person to. catch or take from the waters 
of the State by means of a rod, hook 
and line having not more than three 
hooks or a hand-line having not more 
than three hooks, or a troll -line with 
spoon -hooks, or other artificial bait 



attached thereto, more than fifty (50) 
black bass, commonly called green 
trout; or white and yellow bass, com- 
monly called striped bass or bar fish; 
or crappie commonly called sac-a-lait, 
in any one day. 

Section 11. Be it further enacted y 
etc., That it shall be unlawful to ship, 
carry, transport, or offer for shipment, 
within or withoutthe State, any pack- 
ageor barrel containing dead fish unless 
said package or barrel is plainly and 
clearly marked with the name of the 
consignor and consignee, with an 
itemized statement of the numbers of 
pounds of the fish and the names of 
the species contained therein. Any 
package or barrel otherwise shipped, 
carried, or offered for shipment, to- 
gether with the contents thereof may 
be confiscated by any warden or duly 
authorized officer. 

Section 12. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That rules and regulations 
not inconsistent with the provisions 
of this Act relating to the use of 
seines, hoop -nets, trot -lines, bush- 
lines, trow-lines, or set-lines, in the 



waters of the State, may be adopted 
and promulgated by the Board of 
Commissioners for the Protection of 
Birds, Game and Fish. 

Section 13. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for any 
non-resident, or any unnaturalized 
foreign -born resident, engaged in 
commercial fishing to set or draw a 
seine, hoop-net, or trot-line, in the 
waters of the State, unless he has in 
his possession, in addition to the 
seine, net, or line license, a personal 
fishing license of five dollars ($5.00) 
and shall exhibit same on demand of 
any warden or officer. Said license 
to be issued by the Board of Com- 
missioners for the Protection of Birds, 
Game and Fish and the proceeds 
thereof to be turned into the State 
Treasury and placed to the credit of 
the said Board. 

Section 14. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That all unlicensed nets, seines, 
hoop -nets, trot -lines, bush -lines, 
trow -lines, or set lines, set or used 
in or upon any of the waters or shores 
thereof, or islands of the State, are 
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hereby declared to be public nui- 
sances and shall be summarily abated 
and destroyed by any game and fish 
warden; Provided however that the 
Board of Commissioners for the pro- 
tection of Birds, Game and Fish may 
direct a game and fish warden to re- 
tain certain nets or seines for the use 
of the State fish hatcheries. No 
action for damages shall be maintain- 
ed for such seizure, retention or de- 
struction. 

Section 15. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for any 
person to have in possession, any 
jack -light, fyke -net or trammel -net. 
Possession of said articles shall be 
prima facie evidence that the same is 
kept for unlawful use and they may 
be seized by any officer authorized to 
enforce the fish laws. 

Section 16. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for any 
person to place, build, erect, fasten 
to stakes, floats or buoys, or use any 
gill -net, fyke -net, or any permanent- 
ly set means for taking fish in the 
waters of the State. 

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Section 17. Be it further enacted, 
etc. , That in all cases of arrest for the 
violation of the provisions of this 
Act, the possession of the fish or nets, 
or seines, or lines, or the possession 
or operation of any other device, 
herein prohibited, shall be prima 
facie evidence of the violation of this 
Act. 

Section 18. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That the Board of Commission- 
ers for the protection of Birds, Game 
and Fish may take fish of any kind, 
when, where, and in such manner as 
may be necessary, for the purpose of 
science and of cultivation and dis- 
semination, and they may grant writ- 
ten permits to other persons to take 
fish for the same purposes and may 
introduce or permit to be introduced, 
any kind of fish into any waters. 
They may after a hearing, set apart, 
for a term not exceeding ten years, 
any waters in the State for the pur- 
pose of propagation, or for the use of 
the United States Bureau of Fisheries. 
The order setting apart such waters 
shall be recorded in the registry of 
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deeds of the parish in which they are 
situated. They may erect and main- 
tain such fixtures as are necessary 
for the purpose of propagation and 
maintainance. 

Section 19. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for any- 
person to wilfully enter in or upon 
any building or other structure, or 
any area of land or water, set apart 
and used by or under authority of 
the Board of Commissioners for the 
Protection of Birds, Game and Fish, 
for conducting scientific experiments,, 
or investigations, or for the culture, 
dissemination and distribution of 
fish, birds or game, after said com- 
missioners have printed notices of 
such occupation and use and the pur- 
poses thereof, to be placed in a con- 
spicuous position adjacent to any such 
areas of land or water or upon any 
such building or other structure, or 
to wilfully and maliciously injure or 
deface any such building or other 
structure, or any notice posted as 
aforesaid, or injure or destroy any 
property used in such experiments or 
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investigations, or to otherwise inter- 
fere therewith. 

Section 20. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That the Board of Commission- 
ers for the Protection of Birds, Game 
and Fish, may purchase from persons, 
firms or corporations, fish roe or fish 
eggs, giving in exchange or in con- 
sideration therefor, a percentage of 
the young fish hatched or produced 
at any of the fish hatcheries of the 
State from the eggs so purchased; 
and the placing of such young fish in 
waters on the land of such persons, 
firms or corporations shall not be 
deemed a stocking of such waters 
with fish by the State. 

Section 21. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That no spawn or fish of any 
species from without the State shall 
be liberated within the State, except 
upon written permission of the Board 
of Commissioners for the Protection 
of Birds, Game and Fish. 

Section 22. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That the Board of Commission- 
ers for the Protection of Birds, Game 
and Fish upon the petition of the 

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Police Jury of a Parish may stock the 
waters of any stream, bayou, lagoon, 
lake or river with such fish as they 
judge to be best suited to such waters. 
The Board may thereupon prescribe 
for a period not exceeding three years, 
such reasonable regulations relative 
to the fishing in such streams and 
tributaries, as they deem to be for the 
public interest, and shall cause such 
regulations to be enforced. 

Section 23. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That the Board of Commission- 
ers for the Protection of Birds, Game 
and Fish shall have authority "upon 
a resolution of the Police Jury and 
on recommendation of a mass meet- 
ing called in pursuance of said reso- 
lution," after due notice and public 
hearing in the locality to be affected, 
to regulate the times and places in 
which and the circumstances under 
which fish may be taken ; but they 
can not authorize the taking of fish 
at a time in which its capture is pro- 
hibited by the laws of the State. 
Whenever they deem for the best in- 
terest of the State, after like notice 
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and hearing they may entirely pro- 
hibit the taking of any kind of fish, 
in any part of the State, for a series 
of years not exceeding three. They 
may adopt, and from time to time, 
modify or repeal such needful rules 
and regulations, not contrary to the 
laws of the State, as they may deem 
necessary or proper for the protection 
and preservation of the fish of the 
State, in conformity with the provis- 
ions of this Act. 

Section 24. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for any 
person to obstruct by means of any 
rack, screen, wire or otherwise, any 
bayou, lagoon, lake, bay, river or 
other body of water, to prevent the 
passage of fish protected by law. 

Section 25. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That all fish propagated and 
maintained in confinement shall be 
the property of the person so propa- 
gating and maintaining them; provid- 
ed that they shall not be sold during 
the close season for similar fish. 

Section 26. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for any 
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person sailing, rowing, pushing or 
floating in any boat or vessel in a 
waterway, river, bayou, lake or chan- 
nel, or patrolling the banks of such 
waterway, river, bayou, lake or 
channel, to pound, beat or splash the 
water, or beat or pound the banks, or 
boat, while a seine or net is set, drawn, 
held or used in such waterway, river, 
bayou, lake or channel, to drive fish 
into such seine or net, which acts are 
commonly known as ''thumping." 
Section 27. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That all "intake pipes" used 
for the purpose of taking up water 
for irrigating land shall be provided 
with a "screen" to keep fish from 
being taken into said intake pipe and 
subsequently pumped out on the land. 
Said "screen" shall be made of 4x4 
timber and shall be not more than 
ten (10) feet square; the outer side 
of same to be covered with wire 
screening of not less than one inch 
mesh, the inner side to be covered 
with wire screening of not less than 
one-quarter inch mesh "provided 
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that this shall not apply to ' 'intake 
pipes" in the "Mississippi River." 

Section 28. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That any person, firm or corpora- 
tion, or common carrier, their agents, 
and officers, violating any of the pro- 
visions of this Act, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall 
on conviction thereof pay the cost of 
the prosecution and be fined not less 
than five dollars ($5.00) nor more 
than five hundred dollars ($500.00) 
or be imprisoned in the parish jail for 
not less than thirty (30) days nor 
more than six (6) months, or both 
fine and imprisonment at the discre- 
tion of the court for each offense. 

Section 29. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That all fines collected under 
the provisions of this Act shall be 
paid to the treasurer of the school 
funds for the use of the public schools 
of the parish in which the violation 
occurred; the sheriff to receive ten 
per cent for the collection of said 
fines turned over to the treasurer. 

Section 30. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That all laws or parts of laws in 
conflict with the provisions of this Act 
are hereby repealed and suspended. 

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TERRAPIN LAW 



ACT NO. 50. 

For the protection of Diamond-Back Terra- 
pin; to make Diamond-Back Terra- 
pin the property of the State; to regu- 
late the catching, killing, raising and 
sale of same; to regulate the transpor- 
tation, shipping and carrying of same 
from and within the State and to pro- 
vide for the punishment of violations 
of this Act. 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of 
Louisiana, That all Diamond -Back 
Terrapin found in the State are here- 
by declared to be the property of the 
State, except that Diamond -Back 
Terrapin artificially propagated and 
maintained shall be the property of 
the person, firm or corporation, prop- 
agating and maintaining them. 

Section 2. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That no person within the State 
of Louisiana, shall kill, catch, have 
in possession, or attempt to kill, 
catch, or hold in possession, living 
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or dead, any Diamond-Back Terrapin, 
or purchase or offer for sale any such 
terrapin, after same has been killed 
or caught, except as otherwise per- 
mitted. 

Section 3. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for 
any person to molest any nest or the 
eggs of the Diamond -Back Terrapin 
or have any such eggs in possession. 

Section 4. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for 
any person to kill, snare, trap or in 
any way take, capture, annoy or de- 
stroy any Diampnd-Back Terrapin 
between the first day of May and the 
first day of July. 

Section 5. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That Diamond -Back Terrapin 
artificially propagated and maintain- 
ed, shall be the property of the person 
propagating and maintaining them. 
Any person, firm or corporation legally 
engaged in their culture and main- 
tainance, or who has legal ownership 
of them by purchase or otherwise, 
may take them in his or their own 
waters, at pleasure, may have and 
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keep them in their own possession 
ior purposes properly connected with 
said culture and ownership and main- 
tenance, and may at all times sell or 
otherwise dispose of them, but shall 
not sell them for food at seasons 
during which their capture or posses- 
sion is prohibited by this Act. 

Section 6. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That all barrels, boxes, and 
packages, containing Diamond-Back 
Terrapin, when shipped within the 
State, shall be plainly and clearly 
marked with the name of the consign- 
or and consignee, with a statement of 
the number of terrapin contained 
therein and said barrels, boxes and 
packages shall be so constructed as 
to plainly show their contents. All 
barrels, boxes, and packages other- 
wise shipped may be confiscated to- 
gether with the contents thereof by 
any warden or other duly authorized 
officer. 

Section 7. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That any person, firm, corpora- 
tion, or common carrier, their agents 
and officers, violating any of the pro- 
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visions of this Act, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall 
on conviction thereof, pay the costs 
of the prosecution and be fined not 
less than five dollars ($5.00) nor 
more than one hundred dollars 
($100.00) or be imprisoned in the 
parish jail for not less than five (5) days 
nor more than three (3) months, or 
both fine and imprisonment at the 
discretion of the Court for each of- 
fense. 

Section 8. Be it further enacted,, 
etc., That all fines collected under 
the provisions of this Act shall be 
paid to the Treasurer of the School 
Funds for the use of the Public 
Schools of the parish in which the 
violation occurred; the sheriff to re- 
ceive ten per cent for the collection 
of said fines turned over to the Treas- 
urer. 

Section 9. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That all laws or parts of laws 
having the same object as this Act 
are hereby repealed and superseded. 



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P ROTECTION OF 
WATERS. 

ACT NO. 24. 

For the protection of fish, by making it a 
misdemeanor to throw or place dyna- 
mite, lyddite, gun powder cartridges, 
cannon crackers or any other explosives 
or to throw or place acids, or lime 
which have not been used in manufac- 
turing or commercial processes, india 
berries, saw dust, green walnuts, 
walnut leaves, or any other deleterious 
substance in the waters of the State 
and to provide for the punishment of 
violations thereof. 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of 
Louisiana, that in order to prevent 
the killing of fish, it shall be unlawful 
for any person to throw or place dyn- 
amite, lyddite, gunpowder cartridges, 
cannon crackers, or any other explo- 
sive or to throw or place acids, or 
lime which have not been used in 
manufacturing or commercial pro- 
cesses, india berries, saw dust, green 
walnuts, walnut leaves, or any other 
deleteiious substance into, or on, or 
where it will run into, the waters of 
the bayous, lagoons, ponds, lakes, 
bays, rivers, sounds, or in the Gulf 
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of Mexico within the territorial juris- 
diction of this State. 

Section 2. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That any person violating the 
provisions of this Act shall be guilty 
of a misdemeanor and shall on con- 
viction thereof pay the costs of the 
prosecution and be imprisoned in the 
parish j ail for not less than five ( 5 ) days 
nor more than twelve (12) months, at 
the discretion of the Court, and subject 
to work on the public roads as pro- 
vided by law, and in the event of the 
costs not being paid, an additional 
day for each day of the jail sentence 
shall be decreed by the Court. 

Section 3. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That all laws or parts of laws in 
conflict with the provisions of this 
Act are hereby repealed and super- 
seded. 



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SHRIMP LAW. 

ACT No. 245. 

For the protection of salt water shrimp ; to 
provide the manner in which said 
crustaceans may be caught; to fix the 
season in which they may be caught ; to 
authorize the issuance of licenses to 
seine, and to provide penalties for the 
violations of this Act. 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of 
Louisiana, That all salt water shrimp 
found in the waters of this State shall 
be and are hereby declared to be the 
property of the State. 

Section 2. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That no person within the State 
of Louisiana, shall catch or have in 
possession, living or dead, any salt 
water shrimp, or part thereof, or pur- 
chase, sell, or offer for sale, any such 
shrimp, or part thereof after same 
have been caught, except as other- 
wise permitted. 

Section 3. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for 
any person, firm or corporation, to 
catch salt water shrimp by using a 
seine or other device which exceeds 
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one hundred and twenty fathoms 
(120) in lenght, except as may be 
provided herein. 

Section 4. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for 
any person to seine, catch, or attempt 
to seine, or catch any salt water 
shrimp except with cast or dip nets 
between the first day of June and the 
fourteenth day of July of any year, 
both inclusive. 

Section 5. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for any 
person, firm or corporation, to sell, 
exchange, expose, offer for sale or 
exchange, or have in possession for 
sale, either for himself or others, any 
salt water shrimp, except canned or 
dried ones, during the close season 
noted herein, irrespective of the time 
when or place where such shrimp 
may have been caught; provided that 
shrimp caught during the open sea- 
son may be had in possession in 
their fresh state for five (5) days 
after the end of said open season. 

Section 6. Be it further enacted, 
etc. , That rules and regulations not 
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inconsistent with the provisions of 
this Act relating to the use of seines 
in the waters of the State, may be 
adopted and promulgated by the 
Board of Commissioners for the Pro- 
tection of Birds, Game and Fish. 

Section 7. Be it further enacted, 
€tc, That it shall be unlawful for 
any person, firm, or corporation, res- 
ident, or domiciled within the State to 
set or draw, or attempt to set or draw 
any seine or other device, of fifty 
(50) fathoms and upwards in length, 
in any waters of the State for the 
purpose of catching saltwater shrimp, 
unless a license fee has been paid 
thereon at the rate noted herein, and 
is at all times had in possession to be 
shown on demand of any warden or 
officer. Said license to be issued by 
the Board of Commissioners for the 
Protect on of Birds, Game and Fish 
and the proceeds thereof to be turned 
into the State Treasury, and placed 
to the credit of said Board. 

On all seines from two hundred 
ieet to one thousand feet in length, 
$10.00. . 

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On seines over one hundred and 
seventy -five fathoms in length, an 
additional license of $1.00 ,for each 
twenty (20) fathoms. 

Section 8. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for 
any non-resident, or unnaturalized 
foreign resident, firm or corporation 
not domiciled within the State, to set 
or draw, or attempt to set or draw 
any seine or other device, in any 
waters of the State for the purpose of 
catching salt water shrimp unless a 
license fee has been paid thereon at 
the rate noted herein, and is at all 
times had in possession to be shown 
on demand of any warden or officer. 
Said license to be issued by the 
Board of Commissioners for the Pro- 
tection of Birds, Game and Fish and 
the proceeds thereof to be turned into 
the State Treasury, and placed to the 
credit of the said Board. Any eva- 
sion of this section by simulated sale, 
agreement, understanding or any 
other manner shall subject the owner 
of said seine to a forfeiture of the li- 
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cense, in addition to the penalty pre- 
scribed in this Act for violations 
thereof. 

On all seines up to one hundred 
and seventy -five ( 1 75) fathoms in 
length, $50.00. 

On seines over one hundred and 
seventy -five (175) fathoms in length 
an additional $5.00 for each Twenty 
fathoms. 

Section 9. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That all seines and other devices 
of two hundred feet and upward in 
length, set or used for the purpose of 
catching salt water shrimp, in or 
upon any of the waters of the State, 
without the official license tag being 
attached thereto, are hereby declared 
to be public nuisances and shall be 
summarily abated and destroyed by 
any game or fish warden; provided, 
however, that the Board of Commis- 
sioners for the Protection of Birds, 
Game and Fish may direct a game 
and fish warden to retain certain 
seines for the use of the State fish 
hatcheries. No action for damages 
shall be maintained for such seizure, 
retention or destruction. 
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Section 10. Beit further enacted, 
etc., That it shall be unlawful for any 
person, firm or corporation to set or 
draw any seine for the purpose of 
catching salt water shrimp in any 
waters of the State, from a boat pro- 
vided with such means of propulsion 
as steam, gasoline, electricity, com- 
pressed air, or any other power or de- 
vice other than oars or sails. 

Section 11. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That any person, firm, or corpor- 
ation, or common carrier, their agents 
and officers, violating any of the pro- 
visions of this Act, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on 
conviction thereof, pay the costs of 
the prosecution and be fined not less 
than five dollars ($5.00) nor more 
than two hundred and fifty dollars 
($250.00), or be imprisoned in the 
parish jail for not less than five (5) 
days, nor more than six (6) months, 
or both fine and imprisonment at the 
discretion of the court, for each of- 
fense and in addition thereto the 
boats, seines or other devices used in 
such violation may be confiscated by 
order of the court. 

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Section 12. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That all fines collected under the 
provisions of this Act shall be paid to 
the treasurer of the school funds for 
the use of the public schools of the 
parish in which the violation occur- 
red; the sheriff to receive ten per 
cent for the collection of said fines 
turned over to the treasurer. 

Section 13. Be it further enacted, 
etc., That all laws or parts of laws in 
conflict with the provisons of this Act 
are hereby repealed and superseded. 



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